"You're going to the trial?"

After Kangxi heard Cao Yin's report, he asked with some surprise. Not long after Yinzhen came back and reported to him about Ma De's trial, Cao Yin also came. Like Wei Dongting, Cao Yin is also his brother, and he also served as his attendant, and he also worked with Ao Bai together, so the relationship between the two is unusual. It's just that he didn't expect that Cao Yin would actually break the previous rule of not having anything to do with anyone and follow Ma De to the trial. He remembered that Cao Yin seemed to have a good relationship with the prince.

"Ma De originally wanted to invite Brother Wei to go, but Brother Wei entrusted this matter to the minion. There is no way for the minions! Faced with Kangxi's question, Cao Yin replied.

"Oh? How could Dongting meddle in this matter? Kangxi asked.

"Back to the master. It wasn't that Brother Wei intended to intervene. It's just that Ma De was invited, and he is the governor of Jiangnan, and Brother Wei is not easy to refute face. For fear of what people say, this is why the minions are allowed to go. No matter what, the minion's Jiangning weaving is always lighter than that of Brother Wei's customs governor of the four provinces. Cao Yin bowed and replied.

"It's hard to refute face? This is not Wei Dongting's style! Although he has never liked to grudge with people, he is not even unable to refute Ma Dedu's face. What's more, Ma De is not the kind of unreasonable person. Kangxi asked a little puzzled.

"Mader is not unreasonable?" Cao Yin listened to Kangxi's words and felt a little funny. At that time, in order to continue the case, Ma De did not hesitate to dismiss Wang Yan from his position as prefect, and that kind of arrogance was not something that any other governor could have, and Wang Yan had not yet been convicted at that time. However, he couldn't object to what Kangxi said, so he had to continue to preach to Kangxi: "Back to the master, the minions and Brother Wei owe Ma De a favor, so now that Ma De has something to ask for, it is not an obstruction to the laws of the country, and the minions have to come forward to hear the trial because of this favor." ”

"Oh? You actually owe Mader a favor? "Kangxi is strange. With the caution of Wei Dongting, Mu Zixu and Cao Yin, they would actually owe Ma De a favor? You must know that Wei Dongting and Mu Zixu have always been very unsociable with people, although Cao Yin is proud of his talent and has a lot of contacts, but he rarely gets involved with officials, why do all three of them owe Ma De a favor all of a sudden?

"Tell me what the hell is going on!" Kangxi asked with a somewhat solemn face.

"The master actually doesn't have to worry, of course the servants don't dare to do anything hurtful. Ma De just reminded the minions and Brother Wei not to owe the treasury two on credit! Cao Yin saw Kangxi's expression and hurriedly replied. He didn't dare to cause any misunderstanding on Kangxi, all of them relied on Kangxi to be so beautiful, if Kangxi suddenly sneezed on them, so many fat people who were red at them would probably pounce like wolves. Even if there is no fault, these people will probably be able to bite them to the skin.

"You said that you returned the treasury and silver taels to Ma De reminded you?" Kangxi was even more strange. He thought that Wei Dongting and a few people consciously returned the silver taels they owed, but he didn't expect that they were actually reminded by others.

"Back to the master. Indeed it is. Two years ago, Brother Wei went to ask Ma De at your behest, and the two mentioned this when they chatted, and Brother Wei urged us to return the arrears quickly, so as not to be accused by others, and you don't look good, master. Cao Yin bowed and replied.

"I see! You guys......" Kangxi pointed at Cao Yin and sighed. Cao Yin's words made him listen very comfortably. lest he look bad on his face! This shows that Cao Yin and Wei Dongting regard him as more important than many things. I'd rather spread the cost of his southern tour on his own head than let him lose face. Sure enough, he is worthy of being the henchman of his henchmen, and he knows that he takes the initiative to share worries for the Lord.

"That's right, master. The minion also has Ma De's recital on Li Yuchang's case! Cao Yin handed Kangxi another copy of the notebook.

"Hmm!" Kangxi took the fold and didn't look at it, but then asked Cao Yin: "Since you went to hear the trial, then I ask you, what do you think of Ma De's trial?" ”

"This ...... The slave thinks that if Ma De goes to raid the house, he must be a good hand! Cao Yin smiled and said.

"A good hand at raiding homes? That's what you think? Kangxi asked. When the fourth elder brother Yinzhen came back, he said to him, "Ma De is thoughtful and moves like thunder, and he doesn't let people have a chance to turn the tables at all", but listening to Cao Yin's words, the evaluation doesn't seem to be high.

The slave felt that Ma De wanted to use Li Yuchang's case to deter Jiangsu officials, so when the case was tried, he deliberately used the topic to play. In order to warn the officials in Jiangsu, let these people not be guilty of his hands in the future. In doing so, however, he could easily push Jiangsu officials into opposing directions. He didn't come to Jiangsu before, because he didn't have any popularity among the officials in Jiangsu, and now he doesn't want to be with the light, but he intends to subdue it by force, and the slave thinks that he is taking a risk! What's more, Jiangsu has been a place of humanities since ancient times, and the local people have a sense of pride. The same is true for officials. Ma De is so strong, the minions are not only afraid that he will not be able to achieve his goal, but will backfire! Hearing Kangxi's question, Cao Yin continued to explain.

"Hehe, do you mean that you have to be a talented person to be an official in Jiangsu?" Kangxi asked with a smile.

The master laughed. Minions don't mean that. However, the slave has indeed heard that some people in Jiangsu have sarcastically ridiculed Ma De for not going through the imperial examination, it is ......" Cao Yin said this, looked at Kangxi's face, and did not say any more.

"What is it? You say, what's the hesitation? Kangxi said.

"Master, the slave heard that Ma De is just a ...... Qiu Ba! Cao Yin replied in a low voice.

"Qiu Ba? …… Hahaha! Okay, what a 'Qiu Ba'! Kangxi laughed twice, but his tone suddenly changed to fierce, "Jiangnan has talents, but unfortunately he is less virtuous!" In Li Yuchang's case this time, Ma De arrested so many people, if it weren't for the fear that Jiangnan would be shaken too much, I really wanted Ma De to investigate and see how many people there were in Jiangnan! …… Hmph, Qiu Ba!? Since Ma De became the governor of Anhui, he has never been greedy for a penny, Anhui is such a poor province, in the past five years, he has not asked the court for a penny of disaster relief food, just this article, Ma De is worthy of the word 'capable official'. In my opinion, Ma De, the governor of Qiu Ba, is many times stronger than those talented people who have read all the books of the sages. Look down on? Hmph, I understand why Mader is so grumpy! He also looks down on it, but what he looks down on is those officials in Jiangsu! He just didn't bother to chew his tongue with these people! ……”

"The minion has lost his word! Please calm your anger. Cao Yin didn't expect that just two words would cause Kangxi to be so angry, and he was immediately frightened and ran to the floor.

"Anger? …… You're wrong, I'm not angry, I'm helpless! Kangxi took a deep breath and sighed.

……

"Well, get up. You're also telling the truth. If it weren't for your words, I wouldn't have imagined that these officials would dare to do this! ......" Kangxi was silent for a while, did not get angry again, raised his hand to signal Cao Yin to get up, and then sighed to Cao Yin: "Ma De is honest and honest, and he is a rare capable official in the imperial court, although he sometimes acts a little perversely, but he is never for his own selfish interests. Although he is not clear, he is far more honest than any official. I've always valued him very much. …… Ziqing, do you know? I'm scared sometimes! ”

"Master, the slave doesn't understand!" Cao Yin's words were clear, and when he heard Kangxi suddenly call out his words, he hurriedly responded.

"I know you don't understand. Actually, how many people don't understand it! Kangxi sighed, shook his head again, and said slowly after a long time: "Ferdinand, Yu Zhong, and Ma De, all three of them are talented, and they are all very good at management. In my opinion, there is no one in the court who can compare with it. Don't say anything else, the matter of the salt class, what Ma De did, one is not good, but it is broken bones, disloyal and incompetent, how can he succeed? Therefore, I often take care of them, because they are indeed doing their best for the court, and there is no personal gain, this sincerity is rare, if it is hindered by external forces, not only will it hurt their hearts, but it will only lose the court. ”

"Master......" I didn't expect Ma De and others to have such a high status in Kangxi's eyes, and Cao Yin couldn't help but feel jealous in his heart.

"You don't have much contact with them, maybe you don't know it. All three of them have a hidden arrogance. There were quite a few officials in the imperial court. On talented scholars, there are Gao Shiqi and Li Guangdi; On solid work, there are Zhang Tingyu, Ma Qi, and Chen Huang; On the strong, there are Yu Jackie Chan and Guo Xiu...... However, the only people who can combine rigidity and softness, solid work, and well-informed and long-term vision are only three of them. Kangxi sighed again.

"The Qing Dynasty is full of talents, such talents are just a moment, the master does not need to worry!" Cao Yin persuaded him, as if he didn't realize that there were no Tong Guowei and others among the people listed by Kangxi.

"Anxious? Hehe, of course I'm not worried. Kangxi suddenly had a whole face, smiled again, slapped the fold that had been in his hand a few times, and said to Cao Yin: "If Li Yuchang's case is handed over to Gao Shiqi and others, it will definitely be like a breeze; If it is handed over to Zhang Tingyu and others, I am afraid that it will not be prosperous; As for handing it over to Yu Chenglong, Guo Xiu and others, it will only cause a storm in the city, and the whole of Jiangsu will be in a panic. But in the hands of Ma De, I bet that he must have already thought of a countermeasure and give me an explanation! ”

"Master, you ...... Are you sure? "Cao Yin is no longer more than jealous. He's just confused now! Kangxi also knows Ma De and them too well. The king understands his courtiers so well, there are only two possibilities, one is to pay attention, and the other is to pay attention. However, the consequences of these two kinds of attention are completely different, one is pointing to wealth, and the other may be pointing to the vegetable market. However, how did Kangxi "value" Ma De and them? Although Kangxi seems to have said something to himself, Cao Yin still can't grasp what kind of mind Kangxi has. This emperor's scheming is so deep that no one can figure out what he is thinking in his heart.

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"Tuk Tuk ......"

"Come in!"

There was a knock on the door, and Yinzhen had to temporarily put down the pen in his hand and shouted outside the door.

"Fourth brother!"

The thirteenth elder brother Yinxiang only showed his head at first, and after seeing Yinzhen, he walked in with a smile.

"Thief head, thief brain. What is the demeanor of a royal child? Old Thirteen, can't you be serious? "Yinzhen has a bit of a headache with this brother now. Yinxiang's ability to entangle people is not small, which makes him who originally loved quiet very uneasy recently. However, although this is his younger brother, he, the elder brother, is not easy to come forward to discipline, so he can only rely on him.

"Hehe, I'm idle, come and see you, fourth brother, don't you even want to accept the friendship of the younger brother? …… By the way, fourth brother, what are you writing about? Yinxiang said with a grin.

"Nothing. This time I went out and saw a few martial artists, their skills are good, and I want to call them back to be guards! …… Are you really just coming to see me? Yinzhen explained a little, looked at Yinxiang with disbelief, and asked: "I went to ask Huang Ama to say goodbye this morning, and when I came back, I found that a copy of the Lotus Sutra was missing, and the guards said that you took it!" ”

"Hehe, fourth brother, adults don't care about villains. Isn't this also to read the Buddhist scriptures and cultivate my heart? The main thing is to learn from you, Fourth Brother! Yinxiang opened his eyes wide and tried to be honest.

"Learning? All right. It's rare that you have the heart of the way. I'll give you half a month, and then I'll memorize the Lotus Sutra that you took with you. After Yinzhen finished speaking, he ignored Yinxiang, turned around and continued to copy his scriptures. The Qing Dynasty royal family believed in Buddhism, although most of them believed in Tantric Lamaism, but Yinzhen was one of the few princes who had insights into the teachings of the Sutra Buddhism, although he could not reach the realm of the grandmaster, but just by seeing that he could have close contacts with monks with the names of high monks such as Wenjue and Xingyin, you can know that his Buddhist cultivation is not low. Moreover, Yinzhen's characters, especially the regular script, are also the best written among the princes. often copied several scriptures and sent them to Ouchi and handed them to Kangxi, as a way to show filial piety.

"Back to it? Fourth brother, I'm here to return the book this time...... Can you not carry it? Hearing that Yinzhen actually let himself memorize all the "Lotus Sutra", Yinxiang suddenly turned into a bitter gourd face, and couldn't help but plead.

"Since you don't want to carry it, what are you going to do with it?" Yinzhen took the scripture book that Yinxiang took out of his arms and asked again.

"Didn't I just have something I couldn't figure out, so I took your book? Fourth brother, why don't you help me solve it? Yinxiang said again.

"I'll help you out? What do you not understand? Isn't it something weird? I don't care. Yin Zhen shook his head and said.

"Not really. Just a few words, the little brother became a little interested for a while! Yinxiang hurriedly said.

"Then I don't care. The fourth brother has limited learning, but he can't preach to you! Yinzhen still shook his head.

"It's about Buddhism! Fourth brother, you may not be able to talk about other things in our brothers, but you are the first in this Buddhism. Everybody knows that! If you don't help me figure it out, who can I go to? Yinxiang said.

"Oh? So what is it that makes you confused? Tell me about it! As soon as he heard that it was related to Buddhism, Yinzhen came to a little spirit and couldn't help but ask. The power is not as good as the boss and the second, the talent is not as good as the third, the treatment of people and things is not as good as the eighth, the clever and well-behaved is not as good as the thirteenth in front of him and his half-brother the fourteenth, Yinzhen has always been difficult to have any opportunities to show off, today Yinxiang took the initiative to ask about Buddhism, and he also took the initiative with rare patience.

"Fourth brother, the legendary one who puts down the butcher's knife can become a Buddha on the spot. Right? Yinxiang asked.

"It's nature. Buddhism is boundless, and turning violence into peace is just a small path. As long as you are committed to goodness, you will be the Demon King of Shura, and you can also become a Buddha and become holy! Yin Zhen replied.

"However, some people say that it is because of this proverb 'put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot' that the heavier the killing, the more Buddhist temples there are, and the higher the status of the monks. However, the fact is that the murderer always wants to wipe the blood from his mouth before retribution comes, and then dress himself up as an epiphany or a blinded person in order to find the next opportunity to draw the knife. Therefore, mercy should be to kill the wicked, not to have the kindness of women, so as not to cause more innocent people to suffer! ......," Yinxiang said.

“…… Who told you this? This man deserves to go to hell with his tongue plucked! Yin Zhen was stunned at first, and then shouted.

"It's ...... I listened to what General Yu said to General Lan Li! Yinxiang replied in a low voice.

"Yu Zhong!?" Yinzhen was stunned again.

"Fourth brother, is this wrong? Can...... But how do I always feel that there is some truth to this? Yinxiang asked.

“…… Zen is idle with a leaf of water, and the clouds are sleeping. The moon is empty, and the people who lack the circle are different. My heart is my Buddha, so the Buddha has a thousand faces. All things are spiritual, and we should always be grateful. …… Old Thirteen, what you heard from General Yu is not a Buddhist, but a wicked person who falsely claims to be a Buddhist, I think, what General Yu said is just to beware of being small, not to take advantage of it! Yin Zhen thought about it and replied.

"Beware of small nights, don't take advantage of them? Fourth brother, I also understand this, don't you have anything else to say? That's a bit shallow, isn't it? Yinxiang raised his head, looked at Yinzhen and asked.

"To be shallow is not to be shallow! The road is simple, life is not enough, where is there anything complicated? I can't say anything else, if you want to find out, just go to Huang Ama and ask. Yinzhen waved his hand and pushed Yinxiang out of the door. Then, with a "clang", the door shut.

"Beware of small nights? Can such a simple truth be specially explained to those old men in Lan Li in such a complicated way? Yinxiang chewed these four words, and then saw that Yinzhen had closed the hatch, so he had to touch his head and leave.

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"Beware of small nights? Did Yu Zhong need to make such a simple truth so complicated to explain to Lan Li and them? Put down the butcher knife? Who can kill more people than them? Or did he mean that the knife should always be in his hand? Yinxiang left, but Yinzhen was still secretly chewing on Yu Zhong's meaning in the cabin.